THE FRAUD IS DEAD



          "The Day of Doom has come!
          "Our structure has collapsed!
          "After all the good we've done,
          "Our sickness has relapsed!"

          It must be
          My time to die!
          For I can
          No longer lie!

          No one stays
          In their despair!
          They reach out
          To things they care!

          I hear them sing,
          "Let's celebrate!"
          "We no longer
          "Seek to hate!"

          At first I thought,
          "They're being funny!"
          When they said,
          "We need no money!"

          They're all saying,
          Love will work!
          "Don't say that!
          "I'll look a jerk!"

          To my heart comes
          Gathering gloom;
          "Yes, this is
          "My day of doom!"

          No one goes
          To jobs they hate!
          No one stops
          To debate!

          They spring forth
          As veal calves freed!
          Don't they know
          We must have greed!

          And no one says
          The things they should!
          No one says,
          "My evil's good!" 

          These wimpy people
          Run to love!
          Won't give or take
          A hit or shove!

          How do they hope
          To be glad,
          When they say,
          "My pain is bad!"

          Everybody 
          Hugs another!
          I hate it when
          They call me brother!

          "These stupid people
          "Have not a clue!
          "You've forgotten what
          "My god bids you!"

          "Oh, please!  Oh, please!
          "Obey my god!
          "Don't say my life
          "Is all a fraud!"

          "You torture me
          "Of all my air!
          "When you say,
          "We must care!"

          I shiver out now
          In the cold;
          Now my evil
          Is not so bold.

          I cannot believe
          My god let me down!
          And left me wearing
          This tortured frown!

          I ask my god,
          "Where is your face!
          "What has happened
          "To my high place!"

          My god laughs!
          Says all is fine!
          Says my money
          Is always mine!

          But as I clutch
          My dollar bills;
          I can't escape
          These growing ills.

          So I grab the
          Bleeding needle;
          So I can stay
          All too feeble.

          I can't get it
          Through my head:
          My society      
          god is dead.

          For if it is
          Not alive,
          Then for what
          Can I strive?

          I can't believe I've fallen!
          I can't believe I fell!
          I can't believe I'm stuck
          In this infernal hell!

          It never used to matter
          If I ever lied!
          It never used to matter
          If I never cried!
          It never used to matter
          That I always sighed!
          It never used to matter
          How I ever vied!
          It never used to matter
          What foul things I tried!
          It never used to matter
          That I always fried!

          The god is dead!
          My god is dead!
          I just realized it
          In my head!

          With my god
          My future's past!
          The things it built
          Did not last!

          The world no longer
          Pats my back!
          Approves no more
          My holy flack!

          I did the things
          They said I should!
          Those lying bastards
          Were no good!

          I gave up
          On my true dreams!
          Now I cry
          Regretful screams!

          Because I never
          Had remorse,
          I find I have
          No recourse!

          Oh, it truly
          Is the end!
          Everybody
          Calls me friend!

          My god has hung me
          Out to dry!
          And now I see
          My ways must die!

          And for that
          I thank You, God!
          I really hated
          Being a fraud!